Silly Season: Monsters, UFOs etc

Today’s issue (July 3rd 1998) of that not particularly erudite newsheet *The Star*, carries a report titled *Look out, it’s Eskie!*, which tells the tale of a lake monster sighting on Lough Eske [a.k.a. Lough Easke], a few miles north of Donegal town, in north-western Ireland.
Diners and staff at Harvey’s Point Hotel saw ‘something’ moving about, around 300m (328 yds) from the shore on Sunday 28th June at 2:30pm. Local B&B boss Annabel Clarke reckons that the beastie was up looking for food, while her husband Kieran commented that ‘”some lakes in Donegal are said to be connected by current to Scotland”‘.
Disappearing rivers, caverns, connecting lakes (which does happen, e.g. Lough Mask and Corrib) are all classic motifs in lake monster lore. I even seem to recall claims of links between Scottish and North American lakes!

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